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Peer reviewedStuempfig, Daniel W.; Maehr, Martin L. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Feedback, High School Students, Motivation, Reinforcement
Peer reviewedSorensen, Richard L.; Maehr, Martin L. – Child Study Journal, 1977
Studied differences in achieving orientations of preschool and third grade children. Two dimensions of sociocentrism were examined: the development of social comparison and receptiveness to social approval. (MS)
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMaehr, Martin L. – American Psychologist, 1974
A framework is suggested for the cross-cultural study of motivation that stresses the importance of contextual conditions in eliciting achievement motivation and emphasizes cultural relativity in the definition of the concept. (EH)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Download full textFyans, Leslie J., Jr.; Maehr, Martin L. – 1977
This study deals with attributional theory, a factor of special concern in achievement theory, which focuses on specific behavior as caused by the subject's attributions to the perceived causes of such behavior. This study investigated whether an individual's attributional biases were predictive of task selections he or she made. Furthermore, it…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement, Attribution Theory, Behavior
